Well, not a whole lot is new here, but I thought I should let you all know we are still alive! We have been keeping busy as usual. The weather has been great. On Saturday we finally took our recycling in. We have never recycled our used oil before, so it was a new experience to pour it into the big barrel. We took a picture - it's on dropshots. And then we went up to ACU and blew bubbles and let Jesse run around on the grass. It was a lot of fun. Sunday was pretty normal, other than us sleeping in (and when I say sleeping in on Sunday, I mean we slept until 7:15). Mike's alarm didn't go off, and of course Jesse decided to sleep in as well, so we missed Bible Study out in Benjamin. Jesse and I found a big spider in the room where he plays sometimes. It grossed me out. And I saw three of them in there....anyway, Tracy (the "head-honcho" out in the church in Benjamin) said it was just a normal house spider. He didn't think it was big. And his son said he would find a tarantula for us. I declined his offer. Seeing one scorpion this year was enough for me.
Today we (Jesse and I) got together with the other moms from our small group, Donna & Tyler and Krista & Miriam. Shelley also came (she's due with her first baby 5 days before me). We had a lot of fun and the kids actually played together really well...at least Jesse played and the other two watched him. Tonite, Mike and I dropped Jesse off at a babysitter and attended a fundraising dinner for Western. Great food, and good company. I had forgotten the many people we have met over the years that are from Abilene. Roger & Donna Gee came up to Dauphin for a semester to teach at Western. Marsha Harper came to Dauphin and worked in the library. Bob Gomez brought a bunch of college students on spring break to work on campus. Plus, we also met people that I have know their names for years at donors to Western; it's always neat to put faces to the names. Plus, John McMillan was hosting the dinner (and came over for a visit after). Both Mike and I had the opportunity to share some of our experience at Western with the group as well. An enjoyable evening overall.
And don't forget about the new baby...here's a bit of what's happening in my belly: "Your baby's a bit more than 15 1/2 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds. Your baby is now able to distinguish between light and dark, and she can even follow a light source back and forth. Once she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have a visual acuity of only 20/400 — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face." Note: they use the pronoun "she" but we don't actually know the sex of the baby. Sorry to disappoint those of you that were hopeful...
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